Associate Professor Lilian Kow delivering the ANZJS lecture and highlighting the need for new guidelines in bariatric in metabolic surgery- much has changed in the last 32 years, yet the guidelines remain the same. #RACS23 #Adelaide @Adlconv Adelaide Convention Centre

The first 3 NAHLN Chief Surgical Residents catching up at the #RACS23 ASC Younger Fellows Dinner. Who will be the next excellent addition to this great cohort? NALHNSurgery RACSurgeons Yick Ho Lam

Short 🧵for students and juniors about using one's forceps to 'set down' the suture threads in a running suture, so that they are evenly spaced (L picture) instead of awkward and irregular (R picture). We'll see how to do this, and what may happen at times if it isn't done. (1/)

I remember some radiologists asking for my GMC number and asking me to type on the request “I take responsibility if contrast causes AKI” as a F2, to get a contrast CT scan done. It’s taken a long time despite the evidence being there for years.

🔥10 top movies that help me make better decisions as a surgeon So for something different...I've always enjoyed watching movies. Especially those based on real-life stories, dealing with overcoming physical and mental adversity.

RACSurgeons The need for surgical collaboratives has never been stronger - time to review the application guidelines for surgery that exclude collaborative authorship..... TASMAN Collaborative VERITAS

🔥10 surgical randomised controlled trials every surgeon-researcher should read🔥 Variety, methodology, interesting findings, good reading. 10 recent RCTs you should read: 1.

😂 Eddie Jones: "I don't get any inspiration from English cricket." #Ashes2023

🔥How we achieved a Guinness World Record for research in surgery🔥 Mass participation cohort studies are crucial for surgical research. These 15 papers and 4 collaborative groups taught us the steps that led to us being awarded a Guinness World Record. See the journey here🧵:

Graduating from residency to start fellowship

Except when you are the registrar.

Wonderful Presidential lecture from Professor Simon Law of the University of Hong Kong on a stellar surgical career, the evolution of oesophageal cancer surgery over the past 110 years, and the supportive role of the ISDE as an international community 👏 #ISDE2023 ISDE.net

Well done! Christina McVeay Uni of Adelaide NALHNSurgery #thefutureofsurgery

Why do residents work so much? Tradition. In the 1890s, Dr. Halsted created the model for residency training--residents worked 24/7 with little pay. Sadly, he was using cocaine to stay awake & morphine to sleep, relying on residents working nonstop to cover up his addiction.

ESOPEC trial It’s been a long 15 year journey, but so nice to see Docetaxel triplets come on top for the benefit of our patients! CROSS just doesn’t work for GEA-EAC- radiation compensates for poor surgical control (trans-hiatal) and CM577 compensates for poor systemic control

After >10 yrs work,TOPGEAR has readout ⁦NEJM⁩ congrats Prof T Leong and team. Somewhat unsurprising results given CRITIC, ARTIST and ESOPEC -> limited benefit of Rtx in the curative space. Again we see path resp having no bearing on DFS and OS. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Hong Kong Foregut Masterclass 2024 - Tomorrow & Sunday! This two-day event brings together top regional and international experts to dive into GERD and gastrointestinal motility disorders. Don’t miss this chance to learn and connect! Event details: egi.hku.hk

This large RCT was run by our trainees and medical students - Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Emergency Laparotomy jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Really proud to see SPACE-FLOT published ⁦BJS⁩, helping to tailor adj FLOT for OG Ca. Huge effort, thanks+++ to our global co-authors in 43 centers. ⁦Lorenzo Ferri MD PhD⁩ ⁦David Watson⁩ ⁦Sheraz Markar⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Claire Donohoe⁩ academic.oup.com/bjs/article-ab…

Incredible fully packed session ⁦ISDE.net⁩ on managing difficult complications after esophageal surgery. Truly helpful insights from global leaders from USA, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, China, and Sweden.